De plurimis claris sceletisq mulieribus opus prope diuinu novissime congestum

by: Jacobus Philippus, Bergomensis, 1434-1520; Albertus, de Placentia; Augustinus, de Casali Maiori

Publication date: 1497

Topics: Women, Christian saints, Queens, Martyrs

Publisher: [Ferrarie ipressu : Opera et ipensa Magistri Laurentij de rubeis de Valentia]

Collection: getty; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Getty Research Institute

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: Latin

Author's name appears in first line of prologue: Prologus fratris Jacobi philippi Bergomensis ..., and in the colophon with the imprint information

Colophon reads: Opus de claris selectisq plurimis mulieribus a frate Ia. philippi Bergomese editum explicit: maxia cu diligentia reuisu et castigatu per Reueren ... Albertu de placetia et frem Augustinu de Casali maiori. ... Ferrarie ...Laurentij de rubeis ... M.cccclxxxxvij ..

Full page woodcuts dated 1493. Initials. Of the 171 woodcut ports. some are repeated or only slightly modified. The author is shown in the woodcut on verso of t.p

Signatures: Aa-efg-pqrstvxy-z

Some errors in foliation resulting in an additional leaf. Cf. Besterman

Indexes: p. [7]-[9]

Hain

Sander, M. Livre à figures italien

Library's copy from Theodore Besterman's library. Cf. Besterman, T. Art books, p. 41